I've been fortunate enough to be invited back to speak at cf.Objective() again this year. I am honored, so thank you to Bob and the rest of the steering committee!
This year I will be presenting Hidden Gems in Browser Tools, in which I will share with you a collection of tips to help you be more productive using Firebug, Chrome Developer Tools, and the IE Developer Toolbar. In this brave new world JavaScript is king, and anyone who refuses to serve him will be sentenced to the stockades.
Ok so that's a bit overdramatic, but there is a nugget of truth there: JavaScript is the future of web programming. We would all be better served to hone our skills not only writing, but also debugging JavaScript issues, and sadly, yes, that means in Internet Explorer too.
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January 17 2012
If you weren't able to make it to my presentation last night on the Online ColdFusion User Group ("CFMeetup"), or if you just want to watch it again because it was that good, then you'll be interested to know that the recording is available online:
http://experts.adobeconnect.com/p39264326/
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Taffy
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April 01 2011
If you can't make it to cfObjective this year, or you just can't wait for my presentation, you can catch it in a few days when I present it on CFMeetup.
I'll be presenting on creating REST web services with ColdFusion, briefly covering other options (frameworks), and diving into my framework Taffy -- and especially covering things that are (going to be) new in Taffy 1.1, which I'm planning on releasing on the day of my presentation at cfObjective.
Of course, Taffy is open source, so you can go look at what I've been working on any time you like. Just note that the documentation is always the last thing to get updated, which is another way of saying that a lot has changed since I wrote the current docs.
While we're on the subject, I'm not sure when it will be released but I also recorded a brief interview for the CFHour podcast about REST in general and some teasers for my cfObjective session. (Special thanks to my dog for not barking his head off while we recorded!)
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Taffy
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March 23 2011
I will be presenting on my framework for writing REST web services, Taffy, at the Philadelphia ColdFusion User Group on Thursday, November 18th.
Here's a rough outline of what I plan to present:
- Why should you write web services at all?
- When and why should you choose REST over SOAP?
- What are your options for writing REST with CF (pre-Taffy)?
- What don't I like about those options?
- What does Taffy do to alleviate these pains?
- Demo: Building an API, one (Taffy) feature at a time
After the presentation, I'll update this post with my slides. Everything else you'll need (sample code, etc) is already posted on Github.
The location and other details are posted on the Philly CFUG blog. I hope to see you there!
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November 09 2010
